Google has lost an important court case over the limits of data privacy in Europe, which leaves it obliged to remove personal information appearing on its search engine under certain circumstances, reports Alex Barker from Brussels.
The European Court of Justice decision is a big setback to the US group, which feared an unfavourable ruling would prompt a flurry of suits demanding that content be removed from its servers.
The test case effectively examined whether search engines are simply hosting content, or are a "controller" of personal data that is actually responsible for the results that are presented to users. The judges found that it is responsible for the material.
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